Do you find yourself repeating the same steps over and over again with your users (placing holds, renewing items, checking records)?

Do you need to teach your staff a new skill (ILS/ALS change, new policy, Office '07)?

How many times have you explained in person or on the phone how to search your catalog and online databases?

While explaining/showing people personally is important, you can also create an instructional screencast that they can access any time that they're on a computer (especially at their point of need)!

Screencasting software allows you to record your on-screen actions with an audio recording of your voice explaining what to do—just post/link the recording to the web, and your customers/staff can learn a process, procedure, policy...anytime, anywhere!

Workshop Description: This full-day workshop will provide you with an opportunity to create simple online screencasts. Working with the instructor you will record, produce, and publish practical screencasts and take away the knowledge to do many more on your own. The instructor will provide a straightforward "How To" manual that will include step-by-step procedures, methods to get the most from your screencasts, and a list of resources for further learning about the procedural aspects of screencasting and the pedagogical benefits of screencasts.